Those wishing to marry partners of the same sex still have to seek countries where such marriages are allowed, before they can tie the knot. Same sex marriages will not be allowed if proposals in the harmonised draft constitution become law. Only...

Confronted by growing evidence that sex between men is a significant driver of new HIV infections, the Kenyan government has shed a long-time refusal to acknowledge the existence of homosexuality and will launch a survey of gay attitudes and behaviors...

The Obama administration’s new “incentives and pressure” policy toward S Sudan confirms that it will resort to punishing errant African governments only after diplomatic engagement has failed. In announcing the results of a lengthy policy review,...

On a gray and rainy Saturday, five young men are gathered at the Body Guard music studio in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital. The modest one-story building has only two rooms and no sign out front. Inside, the walls are lined with a velveteen...

Muslim leaders and police in Kenya warned yesterday that the country was becoming a “dumping ground” for Somali pirates after the United States handed over 17 suspects captured in the Gulf of Aden. The men, who were charged with piracy by Kenyan...

A week after Kenya’s warring political leaders signed a power-sharing agreement, Marian Wambui arrived at a camp for displaced people here, her house having been burned to the ground just two days earlier. As President Mwai Kibaki and opposition...